11-17-2020, 10:49 AM
And onto week 45s (week ended 6th November) figures and unfortunately they don't look good. Compared with the 5 year average there are just short of 1.5k more deaths than normal at this time of year and compared with 2020 there are 1.1k more. 11,812 deaths compared with (2019) 10,697 and 5YA (10,331). That means that over the last 4 weeks we have had over 4k more deaths than the 5 year average. These figures all for England and Wales only. The year to date excess death is now at 58.5k against the 5YA and 65k compared with 2020.
There are some positive pieces of news coming out this week around vaccines and mega testing facilities for the future so there is light at the end of the tunnel.
And on a personal note, this is all very depressing for all around me at the moment, but there isn't a simple way out of this. For those that feel the cure is worse than the disease, it simply isn't. We are entering into a phase where covid can transmit easier, we're indoors more, large groups are getting together, schools and colleges are meaning it can spread and it simply is. There isn't a simple solution.
And I apologise if the weekly stats are boring some people but as I have been doing them for so long I think that some on here find them useful. I'm not looking for platitudes there folks, I know some find them useful and I would be looking at the info myself anyway.
Apart from the vaccine news this week, I think the biggest point that needs to be considered is the situation in Sweden and their new approach. They took a view that they would see how things went with less restrictions and nobody knew if it was right or wrong, we all had opinions which were just wind. They've realised now that the approach they took has caused more damage than not taking the lockdown approach. There is no global conspiracy here, there is a virus that is in virtually every country on the planet causing deaths and it will multiply exponentially unless we take strict measures to contain it until we can live with it. At the moment we can't live with it.
There are some positive pieces of news coming out this week around vaccines and mega testing facilities for the future so there is light at the end of the tunnel.
And on a personal note, this is all very depressing for all around me at the moment, but there isn't a simple way out of this. For those that feel the cure is worse than the disease, it simply isn't. We are entering into a phase where covid can transmit easier, we're indoors more, large groups are getting together, schools and colleges are meaning it can spread and it simply is. There isn't a simple solution.
And I apologise if the weekly stats are boring some people but as I have been doing them for so long I think that some on here find them useful. I'm not looking for platitudes there folks, I know some find them useful and I would be looking at the info myself anyway.
Apart from the vaccine news this week, I think the biggest point that needs to be considered is the situation in Sweden and their new approach. They took a view that they would see how things went with less restrictions and nobody knew if it was right or wrong, we all had opinions which were just wind. They've realised now that the approach they took has caused more damage than not taking the lockdown approach. There is no global conspiracy here, there is a virus that is in virtually every country on the planet causing deaths and it will multiply exponentially unless we take strict measures to contain it until we can live with it. At the moment we can't live with it.